LIS-S 500 Methods for the Information Professions
3 credits
- Prerequisites: None
- Delivery: Online
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Semesters offered:
Fall, Spring, Summer 2
The above are the semesters this course is generally offered. View the course schedule to confirm. - Produce standard citations for bibliographic work.
- Distinguish common organizational concepts (e.g., taxonomy and folksonomy).
- Assess the principles of consistency and uniformity (authority control) in classification.
- Evaluate information collections, facilities, and services using qualitative and quantitative methods.
- Appraise various metadata practices and how records are created, preserved, and made accessible.
- Complete preparatory work for designing and conducting research.
- Construct conceptual frameworks for relational database design.
- Determine accessibility needs for digital resources.
- Analyze issues in access, organization, promotion, copyright, and censorship.
- Communicate evaluation results effectively in oral, textual, graphic, and numeric formats.
- Use technology tools to access and publish online resources.
This course covers methods used in the information professions. Students learn principles and concepts for organization and classification; develop information retrieval strategies; determine resources for information professionals; identify accessibility needs; evaluate collections, facilities, and services; and conduct preparatory work for research.